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The Bakersfield Californian on Thursday included a discussion held on Tuesday with its editorial board and supporters and opponents of Proposition 73, a measure on the Nov. 8 special election ballot that would amend the state constitution to require health care providers to notify a parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on an unmarried minor.

Linda Haslow, president of the Kern County chapter of Right to Life of Central California; Ed Hurlbutt, regional president of Right to Life of Central California; Patsy Montgomery, director of public affairs at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte; and others participated in the discussion (Sosa, Bakersfield Californian, 9/22).